Miller tells Rywin Commission he is also becoming a victim of the scandal

Prime Minister Leszek Miller proclaimed his innocence on Saturday in a corruption probe that threatens his embattled minority government weeks before a referendum on joining the EU. Millions watched live television coverage of his testimony before a special Parliamentary Commission set up in January to investigate corruption allegations concerning a media law embroiling his party, the Democratic Left Alliance. The Commission is probing claims by Gazeta Wyborcza that film maker Lew Rywin sought $17.5 million from its editor on behalf of a group in Miller's party in return for changes to a media bill to benefit the paper's owner Agora. Miller has long denied any wrongdoing. "My name has been implicated in this absurd story...without any basis and justification, defaming me and undermining trust in me," Miller told the Commission on Saturday. "I have not sent Mr Lew Rywin anywhere to act on my behalf." (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p.1; Reuters) A.K.